Germany is set to become the first country in Europe to introduce a third, “indeterminate” gender designation on birth certificates. The European Union, which is attempting to coordinate anti-discrimination efforts across member states, is lagging behind on the issue … //
… “Germany’s move will put more pressure on Brussels,” Agius concludes. “That can only be a good thing.”
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on en.wikipedia … is an activist group based in Cairo, Egypt whose goal is to prevent sexual harassment and assault. The group is known for intervening in assaults by mobs in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during protests and is one of several that have begun to organize against sexual harassment of women in Tahrir since the 2011 Egyptian revolution …;

Asch conformity experiments on en.wikipedia: During the 1950s, Solomon Asch conducted and published a series of laboratory experiments that demonstrated the degree to which an individual’s own opinions are influenced by those of a majority group.[1][2][3][4] Together, these experiments are recognized as the Asch conformity experiments or the Asch Paradigm. The methodology developed by Asch has been utilised by many researchers and the paradigm is in use in present day social psychology. The paradigm has been used to investigate the relationship between conformity and task importance,[5] age,[6] gender,[7][8][9][10] and culture.[5][10] …; Read the rest of this entry »

Especially since the collapse of Communism, more people have tended to associate increasing freedom of choice with positive social change, however, psychologists have found that too much choice has negative consequences: Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a tough day in the neighborhood. Slip-streaming through the great big rot of the century. Cities are burning. Youth and pensioners are rebelling. The elite and media prostitutes are flailing away. Blame-blame-blame truth tellers, whistle blowers, the people in pain. Collective PTSD. False dichotomies like Ebola. Spreading mistruths, empty visions, and one more million scams by the Chamber of Commerce-Political Mafia Group of One Thousand. Lies about the vision of IT, the value of on-line schools, the death of inequality. Read the rest of this entry »

Interview with Larry King at SophieCo, 23.52 min, uploaded June 28, 2013: A television guru and legendary interviewer, he spent 25 years with CNN, retired and then came back with more shows, now available on RT. A very special guest on SophieCo – Larry King. We find out what brought him back and how he is different from the time of the world-renowned ‘Larry King Live’;

… Yes, Spain is different than Greece. Greece is different than Turkey. And Turkey is different than Brazil. And they all are different than wherever is next. And yes, sometimes the differences are quite important. Having an ex guerrilla revolutionary as president in Brazil is one thing. Having some elite autocratic nightmare as president in Turkey is another. But in both places, a few act, efficacy climbs, and the streets clog. Read the rest of this entry »

The Imperial Agenda in Syria – Michel Chossudovsky on GRTV, 24.27 min, uploaded June 22, 2013: The aggressor nations in the war on Syria are now talking about “humanitarian aid” to support the Al Qaeda rebels they themselves sent into the country. But, as Michel Chossudovsky argues, the imperial powers need to be held accountable for their part in fomenting the conflict in the country, and should be made to pay reparations. Find out more in this week’s GRTV Feature Interview; Read the rest of this entry »